Improved scouring and scrubbing machine



@gleiten 'tztitrs strnt @frn SIMON KUFMAN, OF FAIRBURY, ILLINI'S.

' Lettere Patent No. 67,058, dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROVED SGOURING AND SGRUBBING MACHINE.

A'TO ALL WHOMVIT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, SIMON KAUFMAN, of Fairbury, in the count-y of Livingston, and State' of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Securing and Scrubbing;r Implement; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof,\vhich will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had tothe'accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved implement for scouring and scrubbing; and consists in two or'more brushes, carried ina block-frame, which isset in a slotted frame, an alternate motion being given to theiblocliframe by the revolution of a driving-wheel, which s'eonnected with the block-frame by a crank eccentrically pinned to the-wheels. There are two exactly similar wheels, revolving with' n common axle, either or both of .which may, by connecting with the block-frame, be `the driving-wheel or driving-wheels.

The accompanying drawing is a longitudinal section of my improved scouring and scrubbing implement.-

,A is the slotted frame, a a the slots therein, in which slides the block-frame B', carrying the brush-blocks C C, bolted to the block-frame by the screw-bolts b, and carryin` brushes f, or rubber scrubbers, or any other equivalent for rubbing or scrubbing. The crank d is pinned to the brush-block C at c, 'and eccentrically to the driving-wheel D at d. The driving-wheel D revolveswith the axle E, and there is another exactlyrsimilair wheel' in theother end of the axle, which may be made the driving-wheel instead of D, es botll may act together as driving-Wheels. These wheels nre made very bro-nd, that they may not niark the 'floor o r carpet.

A cross-piece, G,'set in bearings g on thetop of the frame A, receives the handle H` und by merely pushing the implement along over the floor the driving-Wheel conveys a're'ciproceting motion to the brushbloGlt, while the brushes scrub the licor.' By means of the serew-boltsb the brushes can be adjusted as ,they wear away. These wheels will each lia-ve on them an India-rubber tire, to prevent their slipping on the o'or oil-cloth.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-v 1. The brush or scrubberf, or its'equivalent, set 1n a blockC, incombination with a slotted-rraine A,.a.nd having areciprocating motion imparted to it by the driving-wheel D, orin any equivalent manner, operating in manner and for the purposes substantially as herein shown und described. l

- 2. The block-frame B, carrying the brushes or' scrubbers j', or their equivalents, in combination with'the slotted frame A, in.manuel-substantially as and forvthe purposes-described.

3. The slotted frame A, handle H, cross-piece C, all as set lforth, and their respective equivalents2 in co'mbiuaLtion with the driving-wheels D and axle E, block-frame B, and crank d, and their respective equivalents, substantially as herein shown and described.

SIMON KAUFMAN.

Witnesses:

C. B. ALFoRD, R. L. PATTON. 

